£1500 HT or FS !

KernowCB

Hi guys, i posted a topic a little while ago asking for suggestions for a new <£1000 HT. The more i have looked at bikes the more i have started to think that FS is the way to go in the form of something like the stumpy fsr comp.

Are the benefits of going full sus worth the extra weight/lower spec to the equivelent HT?

I ride mostly single track, woods, bridleways and some road if needed + i like to do all day rides when possible.

Cheers guys

Anonymous

this debate is as old as time and will go on for ever still.

it is down to preference but in my experience, for normal riding i prefer a fs bike. the weight is made up for by the fact i can spend more time sat down spinning my pedals so am less tired from it. my body feels less battered and my fave parts of a ride are the downwards bits and i can do them better on a fs bike.

take comfort from the fact that your budget will get you a very decent fs bike.

supersonic

How hard will the off road bits be? As for bridlepaths and roads full suss is overkill.

Dave Loasby

try before you buy....... go search out a test/demo day somewhere near you.
SOME fs bikes can be a waste of energy if your only riding gentle stuff. i personally found most that i have ridden very short too.

KernowCB

supersonic wrote:

How hard will the off road bits be? As for bridlepaths and roads full suss is overkill.

I will be doing avergae singletrack but i want to start moving further a field finding some trail centres and will make the most of doing some moor riding around the local(ish) area. The majority of stuff that i am doing at the moment is relatively steep singletrack with a few roots and rocks scattered along the trail....

The Spiderman

£1500 will why you a really nice hardtail,which will cope admirably with what you are rding,will be good enough for most trail centres and will improve your skills into the bargain.

2 of my mates started on full sussers and its no coincidence that they are incredibly lazy and a bit slack to the necessary skills,when tackling technical terrrain.

Look at something like the Whyte 905.

KernowCB

i'm kind of edging towards the route of a HT in order to get my skills up to scratch but i'm getting fed up with my hardrock pro and have decided that i want a new one!

Spiderman - I looked at the whyte and it looks like a damn good bike....i dont suppose you (or anyone else reading this) knows what competition it had in WMB's test of <£1500 hardtails do you?

cheers for the replies

canada16

I had a scott HT and loved it.

Went with a focus superbud 2008 as C2W and have not looked back.

The rear can almost lock out, and have got the bike to about 22lbs

Love it

projectsome

I agree, get a Hardtail....

keep it for a couple of years then move to a full susser (this is what I plan to do)

The Spiderman

KernowCB wrote:

i'm kind of edging towards the route of a HT in order to get my skills up to scratch but i'm getting fed up with my hardrock pro and have decided that i want a new one!

Spiderman - I looked at the whyte and it looks like a damn good bike....i dont suppose you (or anyone else reading this) knows what competition it had in WMB's test of <£1500 hardtails do you?

cheers for the replies

Genesis Altitude 853 was one,think a Merida may have been in there,too?
Stick a post in the WMB office to find out?

The Whyte is a lovely bike,but I`d also swing my leg over a Boardman Pro aswell,because whilst it may have 20mm less fork travel,it has a similar or in some cases a bettter spec for £500 less.Guess its a case if you think you`ll need the extra fork travel and a bolt through fork?